If Andrew Balding pulls his title bid out of the fire, a toast should be drunk to Mount Atlas for his admirable effort in winning the Long Distance Cup at Ascot yesterday. From his bemused expression after the race, I think the result even shocked th...

For me, the most interesting race today at Ascot is the Champions Long Distance Cup. As with the Stayers Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, could they have come-up with a more imaginative title for the race? Sems not. Did they ever consider naming it...

If you want to find champion jockeys all in the same place and on the same day, the best place to look would be George Boughey's Saffron Place Stables on the Hamilton Road in Newmarket. Not only is the new champion flat jockey Billy Loughnane the ret...

Once more I quote from 'Men and HorsesI Have Known', a book, you might be pleased to know, I finished reading yesterday morning.  'Racing for a short time was stopped by the War. The reason for this was simple; a certain amount of sentimentalist...

I have waited until I have witnessed a good number of races before commenting on the new starting procedures for National Hunt races. Of course, single-digit fields at Hereford or Stratford cannot be the litmus test for the new procedure, that will c...

I think it is fair to say that Potters Charm would be the classiest horse to be seen so far this jumps season and though he did not win by far yesterday at Worcester, I liked the way he raced with his ears forward, as if he was enjoying his day out. ...